Swing



H. C. HUGHES Sept. 25, 1951 SWING Fil ed March 24, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet lHuber C Hay/ ves INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 25, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,569,060 Ir I I i 7' Huber 0. Hughes, Sapulpa, Okla.

Application March 24, 1950, Serial N 0. 151,669

3 Claims. 1

The invention relates to figured swings, and has for its object toprovide a device of this kind simulating a galloping horse, andcomprising a body portion and a head portion formed rigidly with thefront legs of the figure, and hingedly connected to the forward end ofthe body portion, said combined head and body portion having a threepoint suspension to an overhead support, and handle and foot restmembers carried by the head portion and forming means whereby the headportion can be oscillated for causing a swinging action of the figure asa whole on the three point suspension, thereby simulating a gallopingoperation of a horse.

A further object is to provide the upper portion of the head member witha handle extending outwardly from opposite sides of the head member andconnected to flexible cables carried by an overhead support. Also toprovide the rear end of the body portion with a cross-bar extending toopposite sides of the body portion, and having the ends of the barconnected to downwardly extending flexible members leading to across-bar, which is in turn connected to a flexible member leading to anoverhead support.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the figured swing, showing, in dottedlines, the various positions of the parts at the ends of theoscillations thereof.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the oscillations ofthe head part at the starting of the swinging movement.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the swing and its suspension.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the swing and its suspension.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral I designates the body of theanimal, which for purposes of illustration is shown as a horse, howeverthis may be varied as desired.

The body I is provided with a seat 2 adapted to be occupied by the userwith one foot on each side. Hingedly connected at 3 to the forward endof the body portion is a head section 4, which section is formedintegral or rigid with the leg sections 5 so the entire head sectionwill pivotally rock on the hinging point 3 incident to the oscillationof the head section by the operator grasping the handle member 6 withboth hands, one on each side of the head section, and simultaneouslyplacing the feet on the foot'rests 1, carried by the lower end of thelegs 5 for alternately applying pressure on the head section to cause arocking operation of the head section in relation to the body. Thisinitial starting is shown in full and dotted lines in Figure 2. Afterthe swing picks up its momentum, the movement is as shown in Figure 1,therefore it will be seen that a substantial galloping operation issimulated.

Disposed above the swing is a transverse support 8, which support isstationary, and clamped to said support, by means of a clamp 9, is aforwardly and rearwardly extending bar [0, substantially in the plane ofthe figure. The forward end of the bar It) is provided with a transversebar II, to the ends of which bar, are connected at l2, downwardlyextending flexible members [3. The lower ends of the flexible members l3are anchored at M to the ends of the handle member 6, clearly shown inFigure 3. Connected at I5 to the rear end of the bar I0 is a downwardlyextending flexible member l6, which member is relatively short inrelation to the flexible members I3, and is substantially in the planeof the figure. The lower end of flex ible member I6 is anchored at H toa transverse bar I8 substantially centrally of said bar I8, andconnected at H) to the end of the transverse bar I8 are downwardlyextending flexible members 20, the lower ends of which members 20 areanchored at 2| to the transversely disposed supporting bar 22 extendingthrough the rear end of the body I. It will be noted that there is athree point support on the cables from the stationary supports Ill and 8which will limit the side swing of the figure during a swingingoperation when the operator, occupying the seat 2, alternately appliespush and pull pressures on the foot rest 1 and handle member 6.

From the above it will be seen that a swing is provided whereby moveableparts of a figure will simulate the action of an actual figure,galloping or running, and it will also be seen that there is athree-point suspension which will reduce swaying or side tilting of thefigure to a minimum, so the head portion can be easily oscillated by theoperator with the hands and feet.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A figured swing comprising a body portion, a seat carried by saidbody portion, a head portion hingediy mounted on the forward end of thebody portion, rigidly connected downwardly extending leg portionscarried by the head portion and rockable with the head portion, astationary support above said figured member, a handle member extendingthrough the head portion to opposite sides thereof, flexible supportsconnected to the outer ends of the handle member and to the stationarysupport, a transverse bar extending through the rear end of the bodyportion and terminating spaced therefrom, a flexible member 569,066 i iiZ 1 T 4 lower ends of the legs and forming means in combination with thehandle member of the head portion whereby said head section may berocked on its hinging point for imparting oscillation to the figure as awhole on the flexible members.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the forward end of the bodymember is hingedly portions carriedby the head section.

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extending downwardly from the stationary sup-s 1 port in the plane ofthe body portion and terminating above the body portion, downwardly ex-"file ,of: this patent:

tending flexible members extending upwardly from the transverse barcarried by the rear end of the body portion, the upper ends of said lastnamed flexible members being anchored toa transverse bar, saiddownwardly extending flexible member being anchored to said last namedtransverse bar in the plane of the body member.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 including a foot rest extendingtransversely through the Number REFERENCES CITED The followingreferences are of record in the UNITED-STATES PATENTS Name Date 242,601Clement June 7, 1881 2,081,341 Sullivan May 25', 1937 "2,181,063 MillerNov. 21, 1939 Denton May 14,

